DUI Driver Crashes into Fort Worth Store, Killing Young Mother

While her mother and two of her children waited in the car, Sylvia Zazueta walked into the Star Food Mart to pay for gas and buy a drink for her son early on Tuesday afternoon. This ordinary act ended in tragedy when a speeding Chevrolet Avalanche truck barreled through the window of the store and landed on top of the 24 year-old Fort Worth woman. Medics rushed to pull the truck off her and she was rushed to John Peter Smith Hospital. She tragically died from critical injuries to her head, chest and extremities.

Seven others were also seriously injured in the crash, including one man who was pinned beneath the vehicle.

A passenger in the Avalanche fled on foot but returned to the scene of the crime and was treated for his injuries.

The 19 year-old California driver of the truck, Isaac Adams, was also treated for some minor injuries. Adams was arrested on